Privacy Policy

Overview

This Privacy Policy describes the information practices of South Shore Tae Kwon Do, referred to in this policy as “SSTKD,” “we,” “us,” or “our.”

This policy applies when you visit the SSTKD website, complete a website form, contact the studio, request information, register for a class, camp, tournament, event, vendor space, merchandise item, or other service, or follow a link from our website to complete an online payment.

Information concerning a minor should be submitted by the minor’s parent or legal guardian.

Information We Collect

Information you provide

Depending on how you interact with SSTKD, we may collect:

• Your name or the name of a parent or legal guardian.
• Your email address and telephone number.
• A student or participant’s name, age, or date of birth.
• Mailing address and emergency contact information.
• Information about class interests, scheduling, belt level, training goals, or prior martial arts experience.
• Registration information for classes, camps, tournaments, community events, vendor spaces, merchandise, or other studio activities.
• Allergy, accommodation, medical, emergency, or safety information that you voluntarily provide.
• Questions, comments, and messages submitted through website forms, email, or telephone communication.

Information collected automatically

When you visit the website, Squarespace and connected website services may automatically collect limited technical and usage information, including:

• Internet Protocol address.
• Browser type, device type, and operating system.
• Pages visited and approximate visit duration.
• Referring website or traffic source.
• General geographic information derived from an IP address.
• Cookie and website interaction information.

How We Use Information

Information may be used to:

• Respond to questions and requests for information.
• Communicate with students, parents, guardians, participants, vendors, and customers.
• Process and administer registrations, reservations, purchases, and payments.
• Coordinate classes, camps, tournaments, events, merchandise orders, and studio services.
• Communicate schedule changes, reminders, closures, participation details, and other service-related notices.
• Maintain administrative, registration, payment, and participation records.
• Improve website content, accessibility, navigation, security, and performance.
• Detect or prevent fraudulent, abusive, or unauthorized activity.
• Protect SSTKD, its students, families, staff, and website users.
• Meet legal, accounting, tax, insurance, or regulatory obligations.

Email and Telephone Communications

When you provide an email address or telephone number, SSTKD may use that information to respond to your inquiry or communicate about a class, program, registration, payment, purchase, event, or service.

Communications may include confirmations, payment information, schedule changes, reminders, closures, event details, studio announcements, and requested follow-up.

You may ask SSTKD to stop sending nonessential promotional emails or making promotional telephone calls by contacting the studio.

SSTKD may still contact you when reasonably necessary to respond to a request, manage an active registration, address a scheduling or safety concern, or provide service-related information.

Online Payments and Stripe

SSTKD uses Stripe-hosted payment pages to accept payments for classes, camps, tournament registrations, events, vendor spaces, merchandise, and other studio services.

When you follow a Stripe payment link, payment and transaction information is submitted directly to Stripe and processed under Stripe’s own privacy policy and terms.

SSTKD does not directly receive or store your complete payment-card number through its Squarespace website.

SSTKD may receive transaction information needed to administer the purchase, including:

• Customer or purchaser name.
• Email address and telephone number.
• Amount paid and payment status.
• Product, registration, or service purchased.
• Information entered into registration or checkout fields.

How Information May Be Shared

SSTKD does not sell or rent personal information. Information may be shared in limited circumstances, including:

• Website and technology providers: including Squarespace and providers supporting website hosting, forms, security, analytics, email, and technical operations.
• Payment providers: including Stripe when you complete an online payment.
• Operational providers: when access is reasonably necessary to provide a service for SSTKD.
• Legal or safety purposes: when disclosure is required by law, court order, legal process, insurance requirements, or a good-faith effort to protect a person, property, or legal right.
• Business transition: if SSTKD is reorganized, transferred, or sold.
• With your consent: when you authorize SSTKD to disclose information.

Cookies and Website Analytics

The SSTKD website is hosted through Squarespace. Squarespace and connected services may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, maintain security, remember preferences, measure website traffic, and understand how visitors interact with website pages.

Cookies may include:

• Necessary cookies used for website operation, navigation, security, and essential functionality.
• Functional cookies used to remember choices or support website features.
• Analytics cookies used to measure visits, traffic sources, and website usage.
• Third-party cookies used when a page includes a map, video, payment page, social-media feature, or other embedded service.

You may be able to control nonessential cookies through the website’s cookie banner or your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality.

Children’s Privacy

SSTKD provides programs and activities for children. Website forms, registrations, and payment features are intended to be completed by adults, parents, or legal guardians.

Children under 13 should not independently submit personal information through this website. A parent or legal guardian should complete inquiries, registrations, and payments involving a child under 13.

SSTKD may collect information about a child when provided by the child’s parent or legal guardian for purposes such as:

• Responding to a program inquiry.
• Registering the child for a class, camp, or event.
• Determining the appropriate age group or program placement.
• Addressing allergies, accommodations, medical concerns, emergency needs, or other safety information.
• Maintaining records connected to the requested service.

Photographs, Videos, and Media

SSTKD may display photographs or videos showing classes, events, demonstrations, instructors, students, or community activities on its website and social-media pages.

The collection and use of student photographs and videos is governed by applicable studio forms, permissions, and SSTKD rules and policies.

Parents, guardians, and adult participants who have questions or concerns regarding the use of an image should contact Master Robert Whitman.

Information Security and Retention

SSTKD uses reasonable administrative and technical measures intended to protect information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse.

No website, email system, payment platform, telephone system, transmission method, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Information may be retained as reasonably necessary to:

• Respond to an inquiry or administer a requested service.
• Maintain registration, payment, and participation records.
• Resolve disputes or address safety and operational concerns.
• Comply with legal, accounting, tax, insurance, or regulatory requirements.
• Protect SSTKD’s legal rights and legitimate business interests.

Your Privacy Choices

Subject to applicable law and legitimate recordkeeping requirements, you may contact SSTKD to:

• Ask what personal information you previously submitted.
• Request correction of inaccurate contact information.
• Request deletion of information that SSTKD is not legally or operationally required to retain.
• Withdraw from nonessential promotional email communications.
• Request that SSTKD not make promotional telephone calls.
• Ask questions about how your information is used.

SSTKD may need to verify your identity or your authority as a parent or legal guardian before acting on a request.

Third-Party Websites and Services

The SSTKD website may contain links to or features provided by third parties, including Stripe, Google Maps, video providers, social-media platforms, and other external websites.

SSTKD does not control the privacy, security, accessibility, or content practices of third-party websites or services.

Information submitted directly to a third party is governed by that third party’s own privacy policy and terms.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

SSTKD may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the website, studio operations, service providers, registration processes, legal requirements, or information practices.

The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated effective date.

Contact South Shore Tae Kwon Do

Privacy questions, correction requests, email preferences, telephone communication preferences, and requests concerning previously submitted information may be directed to SSTKD.

Include enough information for SSTKD to identify the relevant inquiry or registration. Do not include complete payment-card numbers, bank-account information, passwords, Social Security numbers, or other unnecessary sensitive information.